I did. I guess reading it late at night didn’t help. For some reason I thought they flew from MBPV to PHL and then to Puerto Rico, which would have counted as repatriation. Even so I mentally dumped the Turks and Caicos part.
My apologies.
The old United was actually absorbed by Continental. Continental Airlines changed its name to United Airlines. To this effect right after the merger the PAs always said “Welcome to the new United Airlines”
This is from the 8K filing
On March 31, 2013, United merged with and into Continental, with Continental continuing as the surviving corporation of the Merger and as a wholly-owned subsidiary of UAL. Upon the closing of the Merger on March 31, 2013, Continental’s name was changed to “United Airlines, Inc.” (the “Survivor”).
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100517/000119312513140583/d514659d8k.htm
The combined and renamed company retained the Continental Air Operating Certificate and the United maintenance certificate.
There’s a video by Wendover Productions on Youtube. In the video they postulate that the push for female pilots is to cover the shortage of pilots rather than to increase compensation to attract pilots.
